During the January-March quarter, the new investment proposals stood at Rs 43,500 crore, which was just 12.6 per cent of the investment made in the year-ago quarter or only 17 per cent of the average new investment proposals made during the past four quarters

From suppression of key statistics to fiddling with GDP and budget numbers, the Central government's data management has come under sharp attack. Economic statistics are vital to public debate and policy making. The first part of a two-part series looks at the implications of not releasing data on unemployment and farmers' suicide.

This story is a part of BusinessToday.In series on unemployment titled 'Jobs - Reality Check'. Absence of reliable data has made unemployment a highly debated topic this election season. The series will try and answer some of the most prevalent questions related to the jobs scene in the country.

\"The higher unemployment rate among these indicates that India does not produce sufficient decent jobs for its graduates. This is the tragedy of India's employment problem - its higher unemployment for the better educated,\" the article said.

Not withstanding the criticism against the government for joblessness, MoS for Labour Santosh Gangwar asked reporters to visit his constituency to see the kind of employment the Modi government has generated.